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The Chicago face database: A free stimulus set of faces and norming data
Debbie S Ma1, Joshua Correll2, Bernd Wittenbrink3
1Department of Psychology, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA, 91330, USA. debbie.ma@csun.edu.
Behavior Research Methods
|January 14, 2015
Summary
Researchers can now access the free Chicago Face Database, featuring 158 standardized photos of Black and White adults. This resource includes extensive data to aid psychological research on facial stimuli.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Perception Psychology
Background:
- Psychological research frequently utilizes photographs of people as stimuli.
- Existing stimulus sets may lack diversity or comprehensive data.
- A need exists for standardized, high-resolution facial stimuli with associated data.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce the Chicago Face Database, a new, free resource of standardized facial photographs.
- To provide researchers with a diverse set of high-resolution images for psychological studies.
- To present pre-testing data and researcher suitability assessments for the database.
Main Methods:
- Compilation of 158 high-resolution, standardized photographs of Black and White males and females (ages 18-40).
- Study 1: Subjective norming and objective physical measurements of the facial stimuli.
- Study 2: Survey of psychology researchers to evaluate suitability and identify influencing factors.
Main Results:
- The Chicago Face Database offers a diverse and well-characterized set of facial stimuli.
- Pre-testing data (norming and physical measurements) are available for all images.
- Researcher feedback indicates the database's suitability for various psychological research applications.
Conclusions:
- The Chicago Face Database is a valuable, free resource for researchers in psychology and related fields.
- The database provides standardized stimuli with extensive accompanying data, enhancing research rigor.
- This resource facilitates research on topics such as stereotyping, emotion perception, and interpersonal attraction.
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